European Union ministers reached broad agreement on a common immigration and asylum policy during a meeting in France. France holds the rotating EU presidency, wants the proposal to be formally adopted in October. 欧盟各国部长在法国开会期间...
Leaders of the world's advanced economies have been meeting with counterparts from some of the world's poorest African nations on the first day of the G8 summit in northern Japan. The G8 leaders are facing criticism for failing to come through on pro...
Talks on ending North Korea's nuclear programs are to resume this week in Beijing, after being on hold since last year. Negotiations are expected to focus on efforts to verify the dismantling of North Korea's declared nuclear facilities and Pyongyang...
Court proceedings against former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra have begun, the first since he was ousted in a military coup in 2006. Several other corruption investigations against the former leader, his family and associates could go to cou...
Two former U.S. Secretaries of State are recommending that the United States change its procedures for deciding to go to war. 两位前美国国务卿建议，美国改变本国参战的程序。 James Baker and Warren Christopher say a U.S. presiden...
Leaders from the world's largest industrial nations are promising more food aid and agricultural assistance for Africa to help ease the impact of rising food costs. Some non-governmental organizations say increasing demand for biofuels is partly to b...
Pakistan's government is denying it played a role in Monday's suicide bomb attack on India's embassy in Afghanistan. But Afghan officials say it is pretty obvious who was behind the attack. 巴基斯坦政府否认，它在星期一对印度驻阿富汗...
U.S. President George Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are backing a controversial deal to sell U.S. nuclear fuel to India. The two men met on the sidelines of a meeting of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations. 美国总统布什和...
The focus of the U.S. presidential race turned to America's large and growing Hispanic population Tuesday, with both major party candidates addressing a national gathering of Hispanic leaders. 美国大选竞选活动的重点星期二转向美国不断...
Authorities in Istanbul say six people were killed in an attack on a police checkpoint protecting the U.S. Consulate. Several other people were wounded, but no Americans were hurt in what is described as a terrorist attack. 土耳其的伊斯坦布尔当...
Leaders of the world's advanced economies have drawn their three-day summit to a close by meeting with counterparts from major emerging economies to propose what they call a vision on climate change. 世界上最发达国家的领导人结束了三天的...
Negotiators from six nations are preparing to meet in Beijing for talks on eliminating North Korea's nuclear programs. Discussions will focus on how to verify that Pyongyang is not hiding any nuclear materials or facilities. 参加朝核六方会谈的...
Iranian missile tests have provoked widespread criticism in the U.S. Congress, where lawmakers called them provocative and urged stronger U.S. and international pressure on Tehran. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns told a co...
Afghanistan and Pakistan are urging each other to do more to stop terrorism, blaming each other for violence in their countries during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday. 阿富汗和巴基斯坦都强烈要求对方加大努力，制止...
U.S. President George Bush has signed legislation expanding the government's surveillance powers. The measure also protects telecommunication companies from lawsuits stemming from assistance they provide to help track potential terror suspects. 美国总...
